Fortress
Forte Gonzaga
🇮🇹 Italy · 16th century
Forte Gonzaga, also known as Castel Gonzaga, is a bastioned fort in Messina, Sicily. It was built in the mid-16th century, and it remained in use by the military until 1973. Today, the fort is in good condition.
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Forte Gonzaga ranks #2,969 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #246 of the 288 mapped in Italy. Founded 1537, it is older than 46% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 307 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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